Picture-hook



(No Modal.) P. P. BAKER.

PIGTURE HOOK.

No. 257,457. Patented M'ay9,1882{ N. PETERs Phol -Lithognphen Washin tm D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FRANKLIN P. BAKER, OF BOSTON, MASSAOHUSETTS.

PlCTURE-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,457, dated May 9, 1882.

Application filed Septemher 9, 1881. (No nmdel.l

Ta all whom it may conccrn:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN P. BAKER, a citizcu of the Uuited States, residing at Boston, in the couuty of Sufl'olk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain ncw and useful Improvemeuis in Picture-Hooks; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art 10 which it appertains t0 malte and use the same, refereuce being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of refereuce marked thereon, which form a part of ibis specification.

My invention relates to pieture-hookstbrmed or struck up from a fiat band of shect metal or from beutwire, the object of such invention being to prevent the accidental disengagement of the hook front the molding, which now freqnently occurs when attempts are made to remove or change the location of a picture, for the reason that hooks hcretoforc made have no provision for preventing thcir being lilted Cl springiug off the molding.

The invention consists in a picturc-hook composed preferably ot shect metal formed into the proper shape, having a hook prope upou its upper eud to grasp the molding, also one npon its lower eud t0 reeive the picturecord. The lower hook being of a separate piece from the upper, and pivoted to the latter, and beiug in the form of a tnrn-button or latch, whieh, wheu tnrncd into its legilimaie position, will extend beneath or beueath and behind the lower edge of the moldiug, and thereby prevent the eutire hook heing litted or disengaged from said molding.

Thedrawings aoeompanying this specificalion, in Figures 1 and 2, show perspective views ofa picture-hook contaiuing myimprovemeut, Fig. 1 showing the bock in the position for use, and Fig. 2 in the position for permitting it to be removed from the molding. Fig. 3 is a section of the hook as applied to a moldiug, and in its legitimaie position to support a pictnre.

In these drawiugs, A represents the bod y et the hook, which in this instance is struck np or formed from a fiat baud of sheet metal, the upper part of the band terminating in a hook, B, for grasping the top of the molding, which is shown at C, and I prefer that the upper part of this hook shall be concavo-convex in section, in order to impart stittness and rigidity t0 ir.

D represents a second but shorter plaie ot sheet metal disposed behind the lower end of the baud A, and pivoted approxiinately near its upper eud to the latter, as showu at a, the lower eud ot the plate D termiuating in an uDward and outwardly turned hook, a, which serves to receive the picture-cord. The upper e11d or uose, I), of the plate D, when the latter is tnrned in line witlx the body of the hook, extends beueath and behind the lower edge et the moldiug, as shown in Fig. 3 of the draW- iugs, and injthis position prevents lifting and diseugagemeut of the hook proper from the molding, which now frequently occurs when removing or changing the position of a picture, owiug, in some instances, to the spriug of the metal Wl1cn the hook is relieved from the weight of such picture, and in others to beiug bodily dctached from the moldiug by the stick emplo ycd t0 lift the nord from the hook.

When it is desired to remove a picture or to change its position upon the molding the but ton 01' plate D is tnrued at an angle, say, ot foriyfivc degrees nilh the body of the bock, which removes the nosc I) of such plate f'rom behind the lower edge ot the molding, and pern1its the hook to be removed from or chauged in position npon th. molding.

I have shown and described my hook as composed of flat shcet metal; but it may be of wire bent into the proper shape, or it may be of cast metal.

I claim- An improved picturehook composed of two parts pivotally uuited, the. upper portion provided with a hook adapted to grasp the upper edge of the molding, and the lower portion providcd with a hook to receive the cord, and an npwardly-prqjecting -nose to pass behind the lower edge of the molding, all substantially as set forth.

Iu testimouy whereof I aifix my signature in prcseuce oi two witnesses.

FRANKLIN P. BAKER,

Witnesses:

H. E. LODGF, F. G. SIMPSON. 

